Browsing by Author "Erkutlu, H. V."

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Leader narcissism and subordinate embeddedness: the moderating roles of moral attentiveness and behavioral integrity
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2017) Erkutlu, H. V.; Chafra, J.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between leader narcissism (LN) and subordinate embeddedness as well as to test the moderating roles of moral attentiveness (MA) and behavioral integrity (BI) on that very relationship. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 19 five-star hotels in Turkey. The sample included 1,613 employees along with their first-line managers. The moderating roles of MA and BI on the LN and subordinate embeddedness relationship were tested using the moderated hierarchical regression analysis. Findings – The moderated hierarchical regression analysis results revealed that there was a significant negative relationship between LN and subordinate embeddedness. In addition, this very relation was weaker when both MA and BI were higher than when they were lower. Practical implications – This study showed that employee perception of LN decreased employee’s job embeddedness ( JE). The study findings point out the importance of reinforcing an ethical context as well as the importance of leader selection. Specifically, in order to ensure that narcissistic leaders do not thrive in organizations, it is significant to maintain an ethical context. Whether the context is ethical, unethical, or interpersonally ineffective, behaviors will likely be more salient and evaluated more negatively by coworkers. On the other hand, when narcissistic leaders are inserted in organizations with unethical contexts, the result is a perfect storm that reinforces narcissists’ unethical behaviors and potentially promotes narcissistic leaders. Still, it is likely that narcissists exhibit unethical and ineffective behaviors regardless of the ethical context, meaning that an ethical context does not necessarily prevent narcissistic leaders from behaving ineffectively and unethically. Thus, the implementation of management selection geared toward targeting precursors of unethical behaviors is an equally vital strategy to prevent unethical behaviors on the part of organizational leaders. Originality/value – The study provides new insights into the influence that LN may have on subordinate JE and the moderating roles of MA and BI in the link between LN and JE. The paper also offers a practical assistance to employees in the hospitality industry and their leaders interested in building trust and increasing leader-subordinate relationship and JE. Keywords Behavioural integrity, Leader narcissism, Moral attentiveness, Subordinate embeddedness Paper type Research paper.
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Relationship between leadership power bases and job stress of subordinates: example from boutique hotels
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2006) Erkutlu, H. V.; Chafra, J.
Purpose – To examine the influence of leadership power bases on subordinates’ job stress at boutique hotels. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 400 subjects (20 managers and 380 non-managerial employees) participated in this study from 20 boutique hotels. Participants were told that the study was designed to collect information on the leadership power bases used by first line managers and on the job stress levels of employees in the hospitality workforce. The Rahim Leader Power Inventory and Spielberger and Vagg’s Job Stress Survey were used to assess leadership power bases and job stress, respectively. Findings – There are significant relations between leader power bases and subordinates’ job stress. The findings support the suggestion in the literature that positional power bases stimulate job stress in the hospitality industry. Research limitations/implications – The study has several limitations that could be future research topics, such as hotels’ source of funding, demographic characteristics of the participants, etc. There is a question about the generalizability of these findings to other hospitality organizations such as four or five-star hotels. Originality/value – This paper explores an aspect of leadership in the hospitality industry that is often neglected. Organizations that actively consider leadership approaches and wish to nurture and develop their leaders and managers will need to be mindful of the leadership power bases. Keywords Leadership, Stress, Hotels, Management power, Hospitality management, Job satisfaction Paper type Research paper